Implement for holding bottles



Patented July 5, I898.

C. W PLATT, J. M. PATTERSON &. J. HAMMELL .IR.

IMPLEMENT FOR HOLDING BOTTLES (Application filed Aug. 25, 189.7.)

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UNITED STATES PATE T MQFFICE.

CYRUS W. PLATT, JOHN M. PATTERSON, AND JAMES IIAMMELL, J R, OF WINDFALL,INDIANA.

IMPLEMENT FOR HOLDING BOTTLES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forrning part Of Letters Patent N 0. 606,736, dated July5, 1898. 7 Application filed August 25, 1897. erial No. 649,489. (Nomodel.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CYRUS W. PLATT, JOHN M. PATTERSON, and JAMESHAMMELL, J12, citizens of the'United States, residing at WVindfall, inthe county of Tipton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Implements for Holding Bottles, 850.; and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to implements for holding bottles, &c.,during the process heat from the bottle to the implement and alsoprotect the bottlefrom the iron.

The further object of the invention is to provide receptacles ofdifferent shape adapted to receive different-shaped bottles, theimplement being so constructed as to -support any one of the variousdifierent-shaped receptacles-that is, the receptacles are inter- Theimplement is provided with a spring-actuated clamping mechanism, theends of the clamps adapted to pass through suitable openings in oppositesides of the receptacle and bear laterally against the body of thebottle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is aside elevation, partly in section, with a receptacle especially adaptedfor holding mucilage or 1111: bottles.

The device consists of a hollow cylindrical handle 1, the rod 2 passingthrough the said handle. Thesaid rod 2 is screw-threaded at its lowerend, and the tap 3 is located on the said threaded end. A coiled spring4 isinterposed between the end of the handle 1 and the tap 3. It will beseen that by adjusting the tap 3 the tension of the spring 4 may beregulated. The arms 5 are pivoted at their inner ends. to the upper endof the rod 2. The said arms are fulcrumed at the points 6 to thecross-piece 7, said cross-piece 7 being secured to the side of the upperend of the handle 1 by means of a bolt 8, or the said cross-piece may besecured by any other suitable means. The said cross-piece is provided atits middle with 'a bow 9, said bow being adapted to receive the side ofthe handle 1. The upper portion of the handle is cut, as at 10, topermit the inner ends of the arms 5 to connect with the upper end of therod 2. The said arms 5 5 are oppositely disposed and they form a clamp.As shown in Figs.

1 and 2, the receptacle 11 consists of a cylindrical body open at itsupper end and having in its sides opposite openings 12 12. The upperends of the clamps 5 5 are provided with the asbestos pads 1313, saidpads being on the inner sides of thearms, the said pads being adapted topass from the openings 12 12 and come in contact with the sides of thebottle 14. The asbestos pad 15 is located in the bottom of thereceptacle 11,and the screwthreaded protrusion 16 is adapted to enter athreaded perforation in the bottom 17 of the receptacle,and thus thereceptacle is attached to the upper end of the handle 1. It will be seenthat'when the lower end of the rod 2 is forced up "the arms 5.5 willassume the positions as indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. 1. Thus thebottle 14: is freed and may be readily removed from the receptacle 11.In placing the bottlein position in the receptacle 11 the lower end ofthe rod 2 is pressed up, the arms are thus opened, and the bottle islowered in the receptacle 11. When the bottle is in place, the pressureis removed 6 from the lower end of the rod 2, and the spring 4 pressingthe said rod down brings the upper ends of the arms 5 laterally againstthe sides of the bottle 14, as shown in Fig. 1.

Should it be desired to use a receptacle cs pecially adapted for holdinga bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, the receptacle 11, as shown in Fig. 1, isunscrewed from the protrusion 16, and the receptacle,'as shown in Fig.3,is secured on the protrusion 16. Receptacles 10o of other shape may beprovided, all of the receptacles having in their bottom a screwthreadedperforation adapted to receive the protrusion 16.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device such as described consisting of a handle provided with asuitable clamping mechanism, a receptacle adapted to hold a bottle, saidreceptacle having in its sides openings, the clamping mechanism adaptedto pass through said openings and come in contact with the sides of thebottle.

2. In a device such as described consisting of a handle having aclamping mechanism, a receptacle removably attached to the handle, saidreceptacle having in its sides openings, the clamping mechanism adaptedto extend through said openings and come in contact with the sides ofthe bottle.

In a device such as described consisting of a handle having a clampingmechanism, areceptacle attached to the handle and adapted to receive thebottle, openings in the sides of the receptacle, the clamping mechanismhaving at its inner ends heat-non-conducting material, said materialadapted to come in contact with the sides of the bottle and retain thesame.

4. A device such as described consisting of a receptacle adapted tocontain the bottle, a hollow handle attached to the receptacle, a rodpassing through said handle, the lower end of said rod beingscrew-threaded, an adjustable tap located on the screw-threaded end ofthe rod, a coiled spring interposed between the end of the handle andsaid tap, clamping-arms pivoted at their ends to the upper end of saidrod, a cross-piece attached to the handle, said cla1nping-rods beingfulcrumed to said cross-piece, the upper ends of the clamping-armsadapted to engage the bottle.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CYRUS \V. ILAT.. JOHN M. PATERSON. JAMES IIAMMELL, JR. Vitnesses:

S. A. GORDON, WINsnR AUwrIN.

